Steam’s Future Is Filled With… Bollywood Dancing?

Yes, someone’s made a game about bollywood dancing. It’s going on Steam, thanks to Greenlight. The people have spoken!

Of course, diversity is still the name of the game with this fresh group of community-approved Steam games. We have a charming puzzle game about chemistry. An adventure game which aims to teach children about being environmentally conscious. Another adventure game in which you talk to robots in real-time. And of course, there’s the ever-present Minecraft-esque block game. But before we take a closer look, here’s something to keep in mind:

Note: Being Greenlit means that a game has been approved for distribution on Steam by the community. It doesn’t guarantee a release — projects may be abandoned, crowdfunding campaigns may fail, developers may disappear. Greenlit games are merely guaranteed a spot on the Steam store, provided they manage to reach a state where they’re fully playable.

Without any further ado, let’s have a look at Steam’s most recent Greenlight batch. Posted yesterday, it contains two software titles and 30-eight games in total:

• 9.03m – First-person art game inspired by Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami
• Black Gold Online – Steampunk-themed Fantasy MMORPG
• Bollywood Wannabe – Rhythm-Platformer
• Bot Colony – Sci-fi First-serson Adventure Game With Real-time Dialogue
• C-Rush – Old-school Sci-fi Horizontal Shoot-em-up
• Castle in The Darkness – 8-bit Adventure Platformer
• Chuck’s Challenge – Puzzle Game from the creator of Chip’s Challenge
• Clang – Motion-controlled Sword Fighting Game
• Crimsonland – Top-down Shooter from 2003
• Death Road – Sci-fi Racer
• Freedom Fall – Steampunk-ish Fantasy Vertical Platformer
• Grimind – Horror-themed 2D Platformer
• Gunman Clive – Side-Scrolling Platformer with a Hand-drawn Art Style
• Harvest – Sci-fi Detective/Adventure Game
• Hypovolemia – Free Modern Top-Down Multiplayer Shooter
• Kopatel Online – Minecraft-esque Block-based Online Game
• Liege – 16-bit Party- and Turn-based Fantasy JRPG
• Little Racers Street – Modern Top-down Racer
• Liquid Rhythm Intro – Beat Production Software
• Lords of Discord – Fantasy Turn-based Strategy
• Lords of Xulima – Fantasy Top-down Party- and Turn-based RPG
• Ludwig – Enviromentalism-themed 3D Sci-fi Platformer
• MechKnight Chronicles: Knightfall – Co-op Steampunk Fantasy Brawler
• Motor Rock – Isometric Racer
• Naissance – First-person Exploration-based Adventure
• Orbitor – Top-down Action Game
• Paradise Lost: First Contact – Retro-styled Sci-fi Stealth-Adventure
• Pixel Boy – Top-down Dungeon Crawler
• Ratz Instagib – Free Sudden Death-based Multiplayer FPS
• RaySupreme 3D – 3D Modelling Software
• Smooth Operators – Call Center Management Simulator inspired by SimTower
• Sokobond – Chemistry-based Puzzler inspired by Sokoban
• Stick ‘Em Up 2 – Platforming Shooter
• Super Chain Crusher Horizon – Side-scrolling Shoot-em-up
• The Dark Phantom – Superhero-themed Modern Third-person Shooter
• The Tale of Alltynex – Localisation of the Japanese Vertical Shooter Series
• Toki Remake – Modern Remake of the 1989 Arcade Game Toki
• Undead Overlord – Real-time Strategy Game where you control a Zombie Horde
• Wheels of Destruction – Online Arena Car Combat Game
• Wilson Chronicles – Half-Life Total Conversion

I’m especially looking forward to Orbitor — I really dig the art style and the music on that one. I’m also happy for Lords of Xulima; the more old-school RPGs we get, the better. Anything in particular you folks wanna check out?

40 Titles Greenlit Today [Steam]

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